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Timeline of Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara > 
Timeline of Three Affliated Tribes, Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara, 1250 A.D. to Present.
1250
Mandan migrate from the Ohio Valley.
1400
Arikara migrate to the Plains.
1450
Hidatsa migration follows the Mandan, Arikara occupy the Bad/Cheyenne River Area .
1541
Coronado encounters the Arikara at the Big Blue River and Mill Creek Valley in present day Kansas .
1575
The Mandan build the fortified city of On-a-Slant village which was occupied for at least 200 years until it was abandoned following the devastating smallpox epidemic of 1781
1650
The Mandan villages are situated between Cannonball and Knife Rivers. The Third Band is of Hidatsa, called Hidatsa Proper, who left their villages in the Devil's Lake area and settled in the Missouri River Valley.
Arikara trade with the Spanish at Elk Horn River (Present day Nebraska)
1670
Mandan and Hidatsa make contact with English traders on the Hudson Bay to obtain axes, metal spear points, kettles and awls.
1675
Double Ditch village is established about this date and inhabited from A.D. 1675-1780. Double Ditch is located 7½ miles north of Bismarck on ND Highway 1804. There is a marker at the site.
Mandan established Ward Village about 1675 and and occupied it until 1780. It is located northwest Bismarck.
1700's
Several tribes, including the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Teton (Sioux) occupy and control the Missouri River Valley Plains economy and have established hunting territories from the Big Bend River in South Dakota to the mouth of the Yellowstone River.
Mandan draw together in a region 20 miles on either side of the Heart River.
The Arikara continued migrating north and built villages in the South Dakota area. They eventually established a trading center in South Dakota. Spanish fur trader Le Seur finds Arikara around the Fort Pierre area. Arikara located on the south Heart River.
1723
Arikara at the Grand River in South Dakota where contact is made with the Mandan.
1734
Separation of Arikara and Schirri bands near the Cannonball.
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